Western Washington volleyball began the Great Northwest Athletic Conference regular season losing five straight matches and 15 straight sets. The Vikings hosted the Alaska Fairbanks Nanooks and lost 3-2 (25-18, 15-25, 21-25, 25-22, 13-15).
“I was really happy with the fact that we battled until the end,” coach Diane Flick-Williams said. “We had some struggles on our side of the net. The difference between their score and ours was errors but we are on the right trajectory.”
The Vikings had 21 attacking errors and 10 service errors while the Nanooks had 20 attacking errors and eight service errors. Yet, the Vikings broke their losing set streak within the first 30 minutes of the night. …